PRATYUSH NEGI (20203008)

Overview of Management and Entrepreneurship Course

1. Learning Outcomes:
 In this course we learnt about what is meant by the term Management, its
characteristics, functions and principles. We got to know what managerial
effectiveness is and whether the management is a science or an art. One important
thing that we can comprehend is that humans are prime aspect of management, we
can say that management is all about handling humans.
 The next concept was the ones who use managerial skills in an organization – The
Managers. We identified various type of mangers in an organization depending
upon their hierarchy level. We were introduced to the various skills that are
required by an individual to perform his managerial role efficiently. The
knowledge that we gained while doing this course has helped us in identifying
managerial activities that contribute to managerial effectiveness.
 We learnt how planning and organizing are done in the organization. Both of
these concepts are very similar each other but not the same. Through this course
we were able to understand in depth about these topics and as a managers how we
can use planning and organizing to achieve maximum throughput.
 Depending upon the type of organization we can have different organizational
structures. This course helped us in understanding the various organizational
structures and how the chain of command operates in these type of structure. I
personally think it is very important to understand the hierarchy in an organization
to maintain smooth workflow and resolve the intra – organizational disputes.
 We learnt about the Human resource Management, its planning progress and how
recruitments of staff is done in the organization. We discussed the purpose of HR
in an organization and the legal constraints associated with it.
 To achieve the organizational goals, it is important for a manager to be proficient
in skills like supervision, leadership, communication and motivation etc. In this
course we learnt in detail about these skills and how as a managers we can
implement these skills to be a competent manager and achieve organizational
goals efficiently.
 Leadership is the most important skill that is demanded by the companies when
they recruit people. It is not very common to have good leadership quality and is
possessed by only few. In this course we were tutored how to develop and nurture
the leadership qualities that are inside us. We learnt about different type of
leadership styles and the pros and cons of these leadership styles.
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 The next topic that was taught to us was Entrepreneurship and Startups. We were
tutored the important concepts of entrepreneurship, development phases of
entrepreneurship, the legal framework of startups and intellectual property rights.
This module helped us to know what problems we were going to face and how to
tackle them when we become an entrepreneur or start our own startup. Following
are some key things that we learnt from the module:
i. How to sell ourselves and our ideas
ii. Identify the problems worth solving
iii. How to create value of idea
iv. How to mobilize people and resources
 Project management was the last module that we learnt and one of the most
interesting topic. Through the knowledge gained in this module we were able to
gain insight how to align the project to organization’s plan and business, manage
the cost, scope and time of the project and identify the constraints and
deliverables of the project. As a civil engineers we have to deal with lots of
projects so this module helped us in becoming more competent as an engineer.

2. Summary:
We came to know about numerous topics in this course. In an organization it is important
to be good in technical skills as well as managerial skills. In the courses we learned
during graduation we became efficient in our technical area but we were not introduced
to the managerial aspects of an organization. This course helped us in gaining insight of
the managerial aspects and how to competent as a manager in an organization. We were
also introduced to the entrepreneurship and startups. If we want to become an
entrepreneur and start our own startup, I think we have gained all the basic knowledge
that we need through this course

3. Favorite Topic:
My favorite topic of this course was leadership. I liked the how we were taught the
important aspects of leadership with the help of case studies. I think I leant the most from
this module because of the way how case studies were taught. I am not a good leader but
through what I have leant in this module, I have certainly progressed a lot